StoryCorps

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“You can say anything and it would be no retribution of any kind."

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“You can say anything and it would be no retribution of any kind."

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“If I’m in front of a blank sheet of paper with a pencil, I find such solace.”

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“If I’m in front of a blank sheet of paper with a pencil, I find such solace.”

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"I spotted this book that looked rather risque..."

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"I spotted this book that looked rather risque..."

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"She said, 'You're stooping. Don't ever do that. We're very proud of you.'"

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"She said, 'You're stooping. Don't ever do that. We're very proud of you.'"

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“I would sit right next to her and I would grab her cheek and I would pull her skin up like a tent, you know?”

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“I would sit right next to her and I would grab her cheek and I would pull her skin up like a tent, you know?”

Military Voices

Stories of veterans, service members, and military families, recorded through our Military Voices Initiative.

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"She said, 'You're stooping. Don't ever do that. We're very proud of you.'"

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"She said, 'You're stooping. Don't ever do that. We're very proud of you.'"

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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”

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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”

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“I was dead. Then she found out I was alive.”

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“I was dead. Then she found out I was alive.”

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"When we turned the corner, the sound of the crowd, I will never forget that."

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"When we turned the corner, the sound of the crowd, I will never forget that."

Back-to-School Lessons

Animations for reflection and conversation among parents, students, and educators.

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The Golden Rule

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The Drill

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Honoring September 11th

Voices recorded as part of our national project to record at least one story to honor each of the lives lost during the attacks.

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Always a Family

Monique Ferrer remembers her last conversation with her ex-husband, Michael Trinidad, who was killed in the September 11th attacks.

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"He gave me the joys of motherhood, and the pains of motherhood."

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"He gave me the joys of motherhood, and the pains of motherhood."

Talat Hamdani remembers her son, a NYPD cadet who died at the World Trade Center on 9/11 and was wrongfully accused of having terrorist links.

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John and Joe

Retired firefighter John Vigiano Sr. lost both his sons on September 11, 2001—John Jr., also a firefighter, and Joe, a police detective.

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"People saw only a turban and a beard."

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"People saw only a turban and a beard."

Rana and Harjit Sodhi remember their brother, Balbir Singh Sodhi, who was killed in the first hate crime after the September 11th attacks.